From one of Dr. Ahmad G. replies to a comment
WiGL is all about owning “what we call wireless power”. How we package and sell wireless power. And that race has started my friend.
The debate on Inverse Square Law, system power demands and power versus distance are best suited for our competitors 🙏🏽 who make Tx and Rx. Sadly folks have seen the words wireless power and “assumed” we are offering a new version of those old mouse traps. That’s not WiGL🙈. WiGL is “wireless electrical grid “local area networks”. Using existing steerable beam tech and capacitors in the loop
What he seems to be saying is that they have no IP in the power Tx/Rx space. Their "innovation" is a branding name and some unspecified DRM overlay onto existing Tx and Rx hardware. In his SEC documents and the answers on the Startengine page, all that matters seems to be "being first in creating a brand for wireless power so that consumers will ask for it". And somewhere else in one of his replies, he says that consumers will pay a Wigl subscription to receive power
Their only assets are a trademark, a cute logo and a patent that says that they can manage wireless power delivery. One of their PR Newswires (
https://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/06/prweb15545051.htm) says
"The full text for patent number 9,985,465 is for systems, devices, and/or methods for managing electrical energy.". And once more here (
https://patents.justia.com/patent/20200067341) the patent is called
"Systems, Devices, and/or Methods for Managing Wireless Electrical Grid Location or Personal Area Network (WiGL) Energy"So, I assume, some sort of a Rx that upon sensing a "Wigl-enabled Tx" will negotiate securely to receive beamformed power to the device from one or more Wigl-enabled Tx in a local area. They seem to have no interest in developing the Tx and Rx tech, as much as in finding partners to design and manufacture Tx and Rx pars using the Wigl branding. Their SEC document doesn't talk about unique IP in the transmission or reception of wireless power.
https://sec.report/Document/0001665160-21-000533/. That's why they have no problems using existing third party devices in their demos. They have no idea on how to build better Tx or Rx (apart from adding capacitors
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). That's why he can write off Dave's and other people concerns, since he's not worried about what every EE is immediately aware of: physics is a problem.
Here is what he says:
5. And yes again, anyone can steal the Tx signal in space if they are in the field of regard, so we are building software controls and have partnered with Espre (and others) for cyber hardening of our MVPs. This is where the subscriptions come into play. No subscription + crypto key = no WiGL. Again, a lot like the cellular model where no subscription equals no coverage.
6. WiGL’s novelty is connecting these dots and advancing the small amount of tech needed to “integrate”…Existing Tx+Rx+SW
7. WiGL is all about connecting the dots.
8. Most important, we are after naming rights…meaning when wireless power is at your hotel or offered in your car in 2030…what do you call it? And who has monetized the name. We are betting on “WiGL”.
Note the focus on naming and integrating
existing Tx+Rx... And, yes, that's as delusional as it sounds
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Note to self: check out Startengine, it seems to be the ideal vehicle to scam poor sods out of their money. So much more efficient than even the previous champion, IndieGoGo.
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